Research Article

Investigating Mutations to Reduce Huntingtin Aggregation by Increasing Htt-N-Terminal Stability and Weakening Interactions with PolyQ Domain

Algorithm 1

Generating the mutational landscapes of the Htt-N-term.
(1) procedure GENERATELANDSCAPE(, )
(2)     if    then
(3)    return null
(4)     end if
(5)      List(“ARNDCQEGHILKMFPSTWYV”)
(6)     
(7)     for   in []  do
(8)    for   in   do
(9)       mutate(position ≔ , mutation  ≔ , )
(10)        createStructure(, )
(11)         calculateCoulombEnergy()
(12)         calculateLJEnergy()
(13)         calculateSolvationEnergy()
(14)        
(15)    end for
(16)     end for
(17)     
(18) end procedure